Europe numbers one million agricultural employers who provide work to over 7 million workers. With 15 million farm holdings, in which over 40 million people work, the agriculture sector makes a vital contribution to healthy nutrition, and still plays a key role in the economic, environmental and social policies in Europe. EFFAT activities in the agriculture sector include promoting a sustainable Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), safeguarding employment and fair pay in rural areas, and further developing social dialogue in order to improve working conditions in this sector.
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Fighting pays off! EFFAT welcomes new Italian collective agreement in the agrifood sector10/02/2016Brussels, 10 February 2016 - On 5 February EFFAT’s Italian affiliates Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil, Uila-Uil finally signed an agreement with their social partner Federalimentare to renew the national collective agreement until 2019. The new agreement will cover more than 400,000 workers in the... -
Call for tenders for a European co-funded project on Statistics on employment in agriculture25/01/2016EFFAT will carry out with the financial support of the European Commission (DG EMPL) a European project on the topic: "Contributions of European social partners in agriculture to improve statistics on employment" - short title: Agri-Stat-Empl for Agriculture-Statistics-Employment" For the...
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Social partners in agriculture make a joint commitment to consolidate the European Social Model27/11/2015The social partners in agriculture GEOPA-COPA and EFFAT issued a joint declaration and agreed on several priority actions and commitments aimed at reshaping and consolidating the European Social Model. Read more here -
In wake of COP21, EFFAT demands respect for decent jobs in the agriculture, food and tourism sectors18/11/2015Brussels, 18 November 2015 – During the Executive Committee meeting EFFAT - the European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions - adopted a statement for a prompt and binding agreement on climate change that will preserve decent jobs in the agriculture, food and tourism... -
EFFAT joins 250,000 in Berlin in demonstration against TTIP12/10/2015EFFAT joined scores of people who marched in Berlin on Saturday 10 October to oppose TTIP, the free trade deal between the European Union and the United States which is expected to be detrimental to food safety and to lower environmental standards. Anti TTIP activists also rallied against CETA... -
EFFAT welcoms victory for Right2Water initiave in European Parliament10/09/2015EFFAT joins EPSU in welcoming the 9 September EP vote demanding that the EC makes substantial legislative proposals to recognise the human right to water and sanitation as defined by the UN. Read more about the European Public Service Union's press release on the vote below.http://www....
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Teaching guide for better information on social security in agriculture17/12/2012Teaching guide carried out in the framework of the EU co-funded project on EFFAT contribution to developing coordination between social security institutions and improving information in the agriculture sector
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Spahn presentation Agripass Card at the social dialoge plenary meeting 04.12.201204/12/2012Answers to the following questions on AGRIPASS CARD:Which logos should be used?Which pictograms or photos should be used?What information is foreseen (name, photo and ID-number)?Who decides about the pictograms or photos?Do the card have a number?From which material is the card made?What happens,... -
Setting up a European Sector Council on Employment and Skills in agriculture30/11/2012Feasibility study for the EU co-financed project on the topic "Anticipating structural changes in agriculture: the possibility of setting up a European Sector Council"
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We need a real social Europe now!22/11/2012Europe is in the midst of a crisis caused by a failure to properly regulate and control financial speculators. European Union (EU) institutions have responded by pressing for severe 'austerity measures' to curb public deficits. This strategy of spending cuts, additional taxation, and...
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Strengthening the national and European social dialogue networks12/11/2012Experts' report after the closing conference of the project in Bratislava, in April 2012. Project carried out with financial support from the EU.
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The European Sectoral Social Dialogue for Agriculture from a Trade Union Perspective29/10/2012For almost 50 years, the European Social Dialogue Committee for Agriculture has regularly brought together employer and worker representatives from European Union Member States to discuss the social problems faced by workers in the agricultural sector and to develop, call for and implement joint...
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EFFAT is the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions. As a European Trade Union Federation representing 120 national trade unions from 35 European countries, EFFAT defends the interests of more than 22 million workers towards the European Institutions, European employers’ associations and transnational companies. EFFAT is a member of the ETUC and the European regional organisation of the IUF.